Journal profile
Coolabah
ISSN 1988-5946 · Universitat de Barcelona · Spain
Coolabah: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 8 weeks (community reports); 0 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Coolabah is published by Universitat de Barcelona. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies, Australian History and Society and Artistic and Creative Research, together about 29.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Literature and Literary Theory. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The aim of the journal is to become an international forum for original research in the field of Australian and Transnational Studies and to be totally interdisciplinary in its content.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Postcolonial and Cultural Literary StudiesArts and Humanities11%
- Australian History and SocietySocial Sciences10.3%
- Artistic and Creative ResearchArts and Humanities8.2%
- Literature: history, themes, analysisArts and Humanities6.5%
- Autobiographical and Biographical WritingArts and Humanities5.8%
- Art, Politics, and ModernismArts and Humanities5.5%
- Australian Indigenous Culture and HistorySocial Sciences5.5%
- Ecocriticism and Environmental LiteratureArts and Humanities5.1%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
DOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- h-index
- 6OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 3OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 385 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 2024 | 17 | 17 | 30 |
| 2023 | 25 | 25 | 31 |
| 2022 | 1 | 1 | 25 |
| 2021 | 24 | 24 | 33 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 8 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 8 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — | |
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
What to prepare2 items from the author guidelines
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 6,000 words
- Reference style
- MLA
Article types accepted2, with length limits
- articlesARTICLESLength not stated
- reviewfter the title in Times New Roman Bold. Reviews should have a minimum of 1.000 words. ARTICLES Política Copyright Notice © The copyright of allmain text ≤ 1,000 words
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Peer review
- License & copyright Copyright Notice
© The copyright of all essays and creative writing remains with the authors, and is protected by our Creative Commons licence. The Guest Editor, Editorial Committee and the General Editor are not responsible for the views expressed by the authors. As a result of the aim to become a forum for research papers, there is an open access discussion forum attached to Coolabah, though the Editorial Board …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Double blind peer review process Model summary
All contributions will be subjected to a double blind peer review process
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Universitat de Barcelona
- Country or region
- Spain
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1988-5946
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Coolabah
How long does peer review take at Coolabah?
Authors report an average review time of about 8 weeks. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
What are the manuscript requirements of Coolabah?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Manuscript length: ≤ 6,000 words; Reference style: MLA. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Which databases index Coolabah?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Coolabah is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Coolabah open access, and what is the APC?
Coolabah is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .